Hand loom



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HAND LooM 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 12, 1957 Filed March 25, 1955 lNvENToR Agn/UR Die/rz ATTORNEY Feb. 12, 1957 A. DRn-z HAND LOOM Filed March 25, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ARTHUR DR/TZ YMM ATTO R N EY HAND LOOM Arthur Dritz, Brooklyn, N. Y., assigner to John Dritz & Sons, New York, N. Y., a partnership Application March 2S, 1955, Serial No. 496,699

4 Claims. (Cl. 2815) be adjusted and set up to form weaving frames of different geometrical shapes or congurations such as rectangles, hexagone and octagons and of dii'lerent sizes of such varied shapes.

A further prime object of the invention resides in the provision of a hand loom of the ltype and structure re- 1 ferred to in which the adjustment and setting up of the frame to a selected shape and size is capable of being accomplished in a very facile and speedy manner by simple means, being thereby adapted for ready manipula tion by the normally unskilled home weaver.

A still further object of the invention pertains to the devising of improved frame members for the hand loom constructed and designedl so that accidental release during the weaving operation of the yarn or embryo design product from the frame is resisted or prevented.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing objects and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, my inven tion relates to the hand loom frame and the frame members` thereof as sought to be dened in the appended claims taken together with the following specification and the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of one form of the hand loom frame of the present invention showing the same adjusted and set up for making rectangular or square shaped woven designs;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view of a detail thereof taken in crosssection in the plane ofthe line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a detail view shown on an enlarged scale and taken in cross-section in the plane of the line 1%4 of Fig. 2.;

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4 taken in cross-section in the plane of the line S-S of Fig. l;

Fig. 6 is a plan View of a modified structure of the loom frame showing the same adjusted and set up to produce Ihexagonally shaped designs;

Fig. 7 is an elevational view of one of the frame members of the loom frame of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective exploded View shown to an enlarged scale of the frame end or pivot parts ot the frame members of the loom of Fig. 6.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings and having reference rst to the form of the invention shown in Figs. l to 5 of the drawings, the hand loom frame designated in its setup condition as 10 comprises a plurality of frame sections 12, four or more in number, connected together at their ends to form frames of different geo metrical shapes or configurations such as rectangles, hexagons and octagons and of different sizes of such varied shapes, Fig. l showing such frame sections assembled and set up to form a square shape of a selected size.

in the form of the invention shown in Figs. l to 5, each frame section l2 is made up of two frame members M- and lo adjustable longitudinally one with reference to the other to vary the size of the design desired, each frame member comprising an angle piece shaped to produce a base part b and an upstanding or vertical rail part v, the vertical frame part being provided with integral longitudinally spaced teeth, t, t, the later adapted for the winding or" the yarn thereon as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings to form the yarn design d. For longitudinally adjusting the frame members 12 and 14 for size and for locking these frame members in adjusted position the frame members if@ and 16 are provided in their vertical walls or parts with the spaced apertures a which are adapted to register and receive securing or locking elements such as the bolt and wing lock elements 13.

The frame sections l2, l2 are angularly adjustable at their ends to form the weaving frames of different geometrical shapes or configurations. This is accomplished by the provision of end pivot members, the frame member Edbeing provided for this purpose at its connectable end with a plate and preferably circular shaped pivot member Ztl and the trarne member 16 being provided at its connectable end with a similar plate and preferably circular pivot member 22, these pivot members being formed either integrally with the frame members or being attached thereto by ilange parts 24 and 26 respectively welded to the vertical walls of the frame members as best indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The pivot members 2d and 22 are formed with releasably interengageable male and female parts such as the mating depressions 28 and 3d formed and circurferentially spaced therein (see particularly Figs. l and 3), the number of these mating depressions being such that adjacent frame members ifi and i6 may be angularly adjusted and intermated to produce linear, rectangular, hexagonal and octagonal assemblies. For locking the frame members in position for any selected shape or configuration, locking means i'or the pivot members is provided comprising the pin or bolt element 321 received by registering central apertures 3st formed in the pivot plates and wing nuts 36 received by the threaded ends of the pins or bolts 32 as best indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The structure and arrangement of these parts are moreover such that the bolts or pins 32 forni opstanding elements longitudinally spaced from the opstanding teeth t, t and form therewith frame-corner teeth adapted for the winding of the yarn thereon (as indicated in Fig. l of the drawings).

"i" he teeth :gt of each frame member are also constructed and designed so that accidental release during the weaving operation of the yarn or embryo design product from the frame is resisted o-r prevented. This is accomplished by suitably tapering the teeth and inclining the same outwardly relative to the vertical plane of the upstanding wall parts or rails of the frame members. The tapering of these teeth is best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the teeth being tapered from top to bottom for size reduction, the wider part of the teeth being thus at their tops. rThe inclination outwardly of the teeth t,t relative to the vertical plane of the side rails v,v is best indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings by the angle designated by the arrows 3?. The tapering of the teeth and the backward inclination thereof are both in small degrees suicient to resist or prevent the accidental upward movement or release of the yarn during a weaving operation but insuicient to prevent deliberate removal of a finished design from the frame.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 6

to 8 of the drawings, the frame sections comprise a plurality of unitary frame members 40, 40 having all of the parts formed integrally therewith, such parts including the base parts b', the vertical rail parts v', the upstanding teeth t', and the opposite pivot plates 42 and 44. In this form of the invention the pivot plate 44 is formed with three spaced depressions 46, 46 adapted to mate with depressions or apertures 43, 48 spaced circumferentially on the pivot plate 42. These plates are also provided with the registering central apertures 50 and 52 adapted to receive the tooth forming pin or bolt 54 the threaded end of which receives the wing nut 56. The male and female mating depressions 46 and 43 are so selected in number and arrangement that the frame members 40, 40 are adjustable to produce a linear assembly (for adjustment of size) and square, hexagonal and octagonal assemblies, Fig. 6 showing the parts adjusted and sct up to form a hexagonal frame.

The structure, manner of assembling and the use of the hand loom frame of the present invention will in the main be fully apparent from the above detailed description thereof. vln each of the modified structures of the invention the frame members may be very readily adjusted by the normally unskilled home weaver to form weaving frames ot' different geometrical shapes or configurations and or different sizes of such varied shapes. It will be further apparent that changes may be made in the structure and arrangement of the frame parts without departing from the spirit of the invention defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A hand loom frame having its frame members angularly adjustable at their ends to form weaving frames of different geometrical shapes comprising, a plurality of frame members, each frame member comprising a side rail having integral longitudinally spaced upstanding teeth adapted for the winding of yarn thereon, the meeting ends of adjacent frame members being provided with mating elements for enabling the angular adjustment of such adj acent frame members to vary the angle therebetween, and means for locking said mating elements and thereby said adjacent frame members in adjusted position, said locking means including an upstanding member longitudinally spaced from said upstanding teeth and forming therewith a frame-corner tooth adapted for the Winding of the yarn thereon.

2. A hand loom frame having its frame members angularly adjustable at their ends to form weaving frames of different geometrical shapes comprising, a plurality of frame members, each frame member comprising a side rail having integral longitudinally spaced upstanding teeth adapted for the winding of yarn thereon, the meeting ends of adjacent frame members being provided with plate shaped mating elements having releasably interengageable male and female parts for enabling the angular adjustment of such 'adjacent frame members to vary the angle therebetween, and bolt and nut means for locking said mating elements and thereby said adjacent frame members in adjusted position, the bolt of said locking means forming an upstanding element longitudinally spaced from said upstanding teeth and forming therewith a frame-corner tooth adapted for the winding'of the yarn thereon. v j

3. A hand loom frame having its frame members angularly adjustable at their ends to form weaving frames ot' different geometrical shapes comprising, a plurality of frame members, each frame member comprising a side rail having integral longitudinally spaced upstanding teeth adapted for the winding of yarn thereon, the meeting ends of adjacent frame members being provided with pivotally related mating elements for enabling the angular adjustment of such adjacent frame members to vary the angle therebetween, said mating elements including an upstanding member longitudinally spaced from said upstanding teeth and forming therewith a frame-corner tooth adapted for the winding of the yarn thereon.

4. A hand loom frame having its frame members angularly adjustable at their ends to form weaving frames ot different geometrical shapes comprising, a plurality of frame members, each frame member comprising a side rail having integral longitudinally spaced upstanding teeth adapted for the winding of yarn thereon, the meeting ends of adjacent frame members being provided with plate shaped pivotally related mating elements having releasably interengageable male and female parts for enabling the angular adjustmentof such adjacent frame members to vary the angle therebetween, and means for locking said mating elements and thereby said adjacent frame members in pivotally adjusted position.

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